• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.307-318
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• 2014

This study aims to identify mothers' intentions to make their junior high school daughters receive HPV vaccination and identified related factors using the Theory of Planned Behavior. The subjects of this study were 198 mothers whose daughters second or third graders in 4 junior high schools located in G city. The data were collected from Sep 17th to 24th, 2012, which were analyzed using SPSS 18.0 Program. According to the result of this study, mothers' intention to vaccinate their daughters was relatively high, but only 29.8% out of them responded that would make their daughters receive HPV vaccination within six months, and they responded best average age for HPV vaccination was 17.74. The subjects' intentions toward HPV vaccination was significantly associated with attitude, perceived behavior control, and subjective norms statistically as influential variables, whose regression model could explain 84.3% of the intentions. Therefore, it is considered a social atmosphere be established where mothers are encouraged and promoted to be positive about HPV vaccination and perceive it to be easy.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.748-757
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• 2008

Purpose: This correlational study was performed to identify the impacts of maternal child rearing attitudes on the menstrual attitudes and the determinants of positive menstrual attitudes in female middle school students. Methods: With convenience sampling, 198 middle school female students were recruited living in one major city and its surrounding areas in Korea. Data was collected using a self administered questionnaire including menstrual attitudes and maternal child rearing attitudes from April 1 to July 15, 2008. Results: Among the Maternal child rearing attitudes, affectionate, achievement oriented and rational attitudes had positive correlations to a positive menstrual attitude, and an autonomous attitude had a negative correlation to a negative menstrual attitude. As determinants of positive menstrual attitudes, feeling of menarche, mother's response at first menstruation, and rational maternal child rearing attitudes were delineated and their explained variance for a positive menstrual attitude was 18.5%. There was no difference on menstrual attitudes by K clustering in terms of maternal child rearing attitudes. Conclusion: These results support the critical role of the mother. Especially desirable maternal child rearing attitudes in relation to a positive menstrual attitude would be affectionate, achievement oriented and rational for early adolescent girls. In further studies, considerations are needed for menstruation related education and research for early adolescents and active involvement of the mother & daughter together.